Photo of the Week 2018-03-19

Sometimes the urge to post the most recent images can be hard to resist ... very hard. An sometimes there is a little help in resisting that urge. This week that happens to be the case, with '"help" coming from two sources. 

With over a thousand frames from an early morning outing to capture the Tundra Swan migration to sort through and cull, there was not enough time left in the day (or night) to get through them all ... and I didn't want to grab one for the photo of the week without going through the full process.

So what we have for this week is inspired by some recent reading on wolves and coyotes. Those readings spoke to the nature of ecosystems, the role that wolves and coyotes play, and their unfair persecution. I went rogue in my processing as I looked for a way to convey the sense of fragility that I was left with ...

fragility

DJE

Canis Lupus

I recently came across some images of wolves from another photographer, Dan Newcomb. Dan has some outstanding shots of captive wolves from a wildlife centre near Golden BC.

This sent me back into my image library to review my own wolf images taken on three separate visits to the Muskoka Wildlife Centre. At Muskoka, we were allowed in the wolf enclosure to photograph a pair of adult wolves, Akaya and Montana. Although this particular pair are captive and accustomed to human presence, I still felt a rush from being close to these magnificent creatures with no barrier between us.

Here are some of the "up close and personal" shots that I have managed during my all too few visits to the centre.

wolf mates


Akayla


Montana


stalking


the stare


It's time to think about a return visit.

DJE